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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
244 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out
  20 NM...
  Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM...
  Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay...
  Pensacola Bay Area including Santa Rosa Sound...
  Perdido Bay Area...
  Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL from 20 to
  60 NM...
  Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM...
  Western Choctawhatchee Bay...

* Until 415 AM CDT.

* At 244 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 nm north of Wolf Bay to near Perdido Pass to 57 nm
  south of Farewell Buoy, moving east at 45 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high
           winds. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher
           waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fort Walton Beach, Big Lagoon, Pensacola Beach, Shalimar, Fort
  Pickens, Okaloosa Pier, Pensacola Bay, West Choctawhatchee Bay,
  East Santa Rosa Sound, and West Santa Rosa Sound.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and the adjacent coastal waters.

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LAT...LON 3039 8610 3031 8600 3043 8625 3043 8626
      3042 8626 3040 8623 3040 8639 2930 8643
      2939 8669 2924 8768 3018 8735 3057 8750
      3066 8688 3051 8679 3062 8651 3059 8639
      3046 8639 3050 8620 3042 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 265DEG 46KT 3048 8758 3023 8751 2916 8799

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS

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